I've always used X-plore but am now searching for a FOSS alternative.

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[–] 32 points 2 months ago (17 children)
  • [–] [S] 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I like it. It supports hosting a ftp server and automatically finding SMB servers in the local network. This is the first file manager I've found that does these two things. But no app management unfortunately. Thanks!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (3 children)

    I mean, you can click an .apk to run it with the installer (of choice even). That's all the file management part. Next you want it to also manage your photos, play videos?

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I don't mean installing apps, I mean viewing installed apps and being able to extract apks from them by "copying" them to a folder, as well as some other things.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    This is the only one I like. I think it's done right under the hood. Good balance between features and looks like stock, without being too overloaded with options. It hasn't been updated in a while, though nothing seems broken AFAIK.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    It is thr best bur on grapheneos, only the file manager from grapheneos has full access. I had to switch between file managers and one day I gave up. I only use the built-in one ...

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    I use GrapheneOS too and I don't have this issue. Did you give it the right permission?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago* (6 children)

    Maybe I should have a look again?

    I use it for nextcloud/webdav and accessing the data storage folder of gpslogger which was historically in the android/data folder.

    Edit: it's still forbidden to access android/data ... they introduced that "security/privacy" features 1-2 years ago when they also forbid to us ethe Downloads folder directly for provacy reasons

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    IIRC there's a special setting to give it full access that you actually have to go into settings to add (you can't just add it from the prompts).

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    Settings - > Apps - > Special App Access - > All Files Access.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    I don't have a rooted phone. It does not work.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Huh, no idea why it's not working. It's definitely not the fact that your phone isn't rooted, since mine isn't either. I'm running GrapheneOS on Android 17, so it might just be something in my version of Android.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Fossify's File Manager is what I use daily.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    I use Ghost Commander from f-droid

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Not FOSS, but MiXplorer is free (PlayStore version is paid, but the version from Google Drive is free and has integrated mechanism to download updates) and probably best option I ever found.

    You can connect to various remote storages, including those on local network, which is what I needed. Also has integrated file viewers and editors and can preview files in archives.

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    I like Ghost Commander

    I typically don't use this style of file manager on desktop but on mobile it just seems to work well for me.

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I like this one but not in development anymore.

    Prism File Explorer

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Not FOSS but been using Solid Explorer for forever, has all the features I need.

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